US 12,283,176 B2
Illuminated indicator for doorbell
Patrick Lloyd Murphy, Cambridge, MA (US); and Gregory Kintz, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to SimpliSafe, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by SimpliSafe, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/769,748.
Application 18/769,748 is a continuation of application No. 17/672,779, filed on Feb. 16, 2022, granted, now 12,067,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,244, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0371238 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/09 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 3/10 (2013.01) [F21V 33/0056 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G02B 27/0994 (2013.01); F21V 2200/13 (2015.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a housing having an outer surface;
an emitter to output light in a direction along an optical axis, the emitter supported by the housing; and
a light pipe to receive light from the emitter, the light pipe including a plurality of light reflecting portions positioned between an input portion and an output portion defined by an annular ring of the light pipe, and the plurality including a first light reflecting portion having a continuously curved shape to reflect light in an overlapping fashion with light reflected by second and third light reflecting portions of the plurality,
wherein a distal end of the annular ring is positioned flush or at a same level as surrounding parts of the housing at the outer surface.